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Playstation 3 expensive as hell, expected to remain that way through Summer 2009
As the proud owner of a Playstation 3, I admit to being impressed by what it has to offer, including its Blu-ray capabilities, free online play and a collection of unique exclusives that do their best to distinguish themselves from the available offerings on competing consoles.
However, one aspect of the system that continues to irritate me is its high price point and I find myself having to constantly rationalize my purchase to my peers who contend that its features can be accessed through cheaper means.
After all, how would it look to your friends if you told them that you spent $400 dollars on a piece of technology if its features can be accessed on a similar item for $200?
Regrettably, the PS3’s price point problem will not be resolved anytime soon, according to…
Even Sony says the PSP needs more games
David Reeves, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) recently told Games Industry that game development for the PSP is a bit like a circus.
“Honestly… we should have had more original PSP games. We took this decision maybe a year ago and said what we’ll do now is we’ll bring out more services because we know that the games are coming. We now have to go back and think more about the games because if we lose that advantage – well it’s not really an advantage, it’s the advantage Nintendo have on DS. It’s like in the circus – you’ve got to keep all the plates up, you know? So the plate we’ll be working on now will be the games on PSP.”
Only a few new games have…
Too early for PS3 price cut in Europe
David Reeves, head of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), candidly shared his thoughts about the state of the industry at the ongoing Leipzig Game Convention 07. Although he did not have any major announcements to make, he freely touched upon many worthwhile issues including Nintendo’s ascendancy, the surge in casual games, Microsoft, EA and possible PS3 price-cuts.
He began by saying that, despite Nintendo getting all the credit for making casual games popular with its consoles (Wii and DS), it was Sony that actually sparked this casual gaming revolution. To underpin his point he referred to the…
